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Election workers stationed at Suttons Bay Public School are pictured helping people check in before they get their ballots on Tuesday evening. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu
Light voting favors front-runners
The Associated Press called the presidential primary race early last night after the polls closed, announcing that 46th President Joe Biden and 45th President Donald Trump won Michigan primaries. According to the unofficial election results posted on the Leelanau County website, about 35% of the registered voters in the county, 7,615 of 21,720 voters, turned out to vote. 02/28/2024 04:44 PM
Not-so cherry weather
Not-so cherry weather
If variety is your idea of good weather, you’ve been blessed. But you obviously aren’t a cherry grower if you don’t mind temperatures hitting 70 degrees one day, then dropping into the teens the next. 02/28/2024 04:44 PM
Deputy Lyn Drzewiecki (left) and Deputy Alison Middleton (right) sworn in during the presidential primary election on Tuesday. Drzewiecki and Middleton are trained election workers and served as the Receiving Board for Early Voting. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
Deputy Lyn Drzewiecki and Deputy Alison Middleton
Deputy Lyn Drzewiecki (left) and Deputy Alison Middleton (right) sworn in during the presidential primary election on Tuesday. Drzewiecki and Middleton are trained election workers and served as the Receiving Board for Early Voting. 02/28/2024 04:44 PM
The Mitten Brewing Company owners Chris Andrus (at left) and Max Trierweiler (right) are pictured at their Northport location on Tuesday after securing a long-term lease with Three Rivers Properties. The five year lease with a five year renewal term helps ensure that The Mitten’s “up north...
Mitten Brewing Co. gets lease extension
The future is bright for The Mitten Brewing Company and the Northport community after the business announced on Tuesday the big news of its long-term lease extension. “We promise to continue to invest in Leelanau County. 02/28/2024 04:44 PM
Solar energy proposal garners controversy
Solar energy proposal garners controversy
The Leelanau County government center was subject to heated debate once again on Feb. 20. This time, the county commissioners were divided over a proposed grant application that would grant the county over $1.5 million to build out solar arrays on the center’s Suttons Bay campus, which is projected to save the county between $883,000 and $1.2 million in energy bills over 25 years. 02/28/2024 04:44 PM
The Shipwreck Cafe crew had a mouth-watering white chicken chili on display at the 25th annual chili cookoff hosted at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger
CHILI COOK- OFF
CHILI COOK- OFF. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Corrections:
Corrections:
A story in the Feb. 15 issue incorrectly stated that MCL 221.20 did not apply to a settlement of a property dispute with the Village of Northport. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Schools report stable spring student count
Schools report stable spring student count
Public schools in Leelanau County reported last week stable student count numbers for the spring. The numbers are similar to those reported in the fall headcount, with little to no changes as districts near the end of the current academic year. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Juniper and Zinnia Schaberg, ages 8 and 3 respectively, greeted an early spring with bare feet last week at the mouth of the stream that feeds Good Harbor. Photo courtesy of James Schaberg
Juniper and Zinnia Schaberg
Juniper and Zinnia Schaberg, ages 8 and 3 respectively, greeted an early spring with bare feet last week at the mouth of the stream that feeds Good Harbor. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Macke honored with MSU award
Macke honored with MSU award
Leland R. Macke of Cedar graduated in December from Michigan State University’s Supply Chain Management Program with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the highest accumulative GPA in the graduating class of fall 2023. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Npt, SB residents named to SVSU honors lists
Npt, SB residents named to SVSU honors lists
Lindsey Somero of Northport is one of over 650 students from Saginaw Valley State University whose determination and commitment to academic excellence earned them a spot on the fall 2023 semester president’s list. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM
Pay gap topic of LWV meet
Pay gap topic of LWV meet
League of Women Voters of Leelanau County will host a free, public zoom webinar on March 6 to discuss the gender pay gap. In 2024, the gender pay gap still exists. 02/21/2024 04:57 PM

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